Not a bad idea. It certainly would make sense to have this come out at around the time of the Blu-Ray films.

Be honest, who here tried to see if they could name each character on there? _________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 12:40 pm

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6953Location: Missouri

Honestly, I didn't try and name every character. But now that you mention it...

By the way, Tsuneo Sanda is the artist. He does great stuff._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:13 pm

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Lord Ree'diusMaster

Joined: 11 Apr 2011Posts: 700Location: The Unknown Regions

Screw the Blu-Rays, I want this!!
I'd love to have all these stories in one omnibus.

OMB wrote:

The only problems are that Padme is the the size of a taller Jawa, and Even Piell is taller than Ki-Adi-Mundi. How does that work?

It doesn't work and is just plain weird. I like the cover for what it could have been, but sloppiness like that just ticks me off. And that's just too bad, because every character seen individually looks great enough and the ships and vehicles look amazing.
Fortunately I will be spending more time reading whats behind the cover than looking at the cover itself._________________"Strong you are with the dark side, young one. But not that strong.
Still much to learn, you have. Surrender, you should."

"You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

The only weird thing to me is that they're recollecting the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi Marvel adaptations.

Aside from that, nothing in it has been omnibus'd before. And 600 pages? MASSIVE!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 3:50 pm

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Lord Ree'diusMaster

Joined: 11 Apr 2011Posts: 700Location: The Unknown Regions

VileZero wrote:

The only weird thing to me is that they're recollecting the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi Marvel adaptations.

Are there any other adaptions for these two movies?
Dark Horse holds the rights to republish these old Marvel Star Wars comics and as they are also republishing all the other old Marvel Comics in omnibuses it would be only logical to put these two stories in this omnibus instead of for instance the manga versions. Those will probably get their own omnibus eventually.
The artwork of the Marvel adaptions better matches the artwork of the other four movie adaptions and I'm really pleased with this collection. This is going to be a real gem! _________________"Strong you are with the dark side, young one. But not that strong.
Still much to learn, you have. Surrender, you should."

"You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

Wow, this is anything BUT complete really. They seem to be including the regular Dark Horse adaptations of each prequel, plus the Marvel adaptations of ESB and ROTJ (that were reprinted over and over again by Dark Horse as well), along with the Special Edition adaptation of ANH that replaced the old Marvel one in reprints.

That means no original Marvel version of ANH (recently in A Long Time Ago Omnibus Vol. 1), no manga adaptations (TPM, ANH, ESB, ROTJ), or photo comic adaptations (all films). Each of those is part of Dark Horse's current library..._________________--Nathan P. Butler
http://www.starwarsfanworks.com

Although it means duplicates for me... still it should be awesome ... all in one place! Sweeeeet!
Sands of Tatooine must be... ??? Hmmmm... Magical...?? Since the OLD Obi-Wan is a lot taller than the YOUNGER version... even taller than Qui-Gon!!!
As disproportionate as the cover is... I am still looking forward to owning it!

HELP ME Obi-Wan..._________________There is no try!

Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:33 pm

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Ruhk OrikanKnight

Joined: 30 Apr 2011Posts: 222

Where is Darth Maul, Darth Sidious, and Darth Tyranus? Cover is missing a few bigger characters and too many lesser known ones.

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:51 am

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Lord Ree'diusMaster

Joined: 11 Apr 2011Posts: 700Location: The Unknown Regions

Nathan Butler wrote:

Wow, this is anything BUT complete really.

I think you're misinterpret the word complete here.
It's complete in that there is an adaption of every Star Wars film present in the Omnibus, not that they've included every version.
As you said yourself they already reprinted the original Marvel ANH in A Long Time Ago Vol.1 and it fit better there because it was part of the regular Marvel series.
They just fit the best real comic adaptions in there IMO and at a page count of 600 I'm a pleased fan indeed!_________________"Strong you are with the dark side, young one. But not that strong.
Still much to learn, you have. Surrender, you should."

"You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

I figure they'll eventually do an omnibus with the mangas and the photocomics. Frankly, I'm still waiting to see them make a PhotoComic for Clone Wars Season 2 and 3. The Photocomic for Clone Wars only covered season 1, but the first and second season were continuous (DVD "Volume I")._________________http://taralbooks.blogspot.ca